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astray

Meaning of “astray”

Away from the right place, path, or course; wandering or in error.

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22 occurrences18 verses10 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 23:4

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Matthew 18:12
How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
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1611 witness · Matthew 18:12 · retained source text

How thinke yee? if a man haue an hundred sheepe, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leaue the ninetie and nine, and goeth into the mountaines, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

1611 marginal noteLuke 15.4.

Matthew 18:13
And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
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1611 witness · Matthew 18:13 · retained source text

And if so be that he find it, Uerily I say vnto you, hee reioyceth more of that sheepe, then of the ninetie and nine which went not astray.

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